Dear Sir,
In todays world we are taught here at University that disagreements are a natural aspect of life especially if we talk about the realm of politics and history. Perhaps even more disagreements occur when one begins talking about the large defense budget that many (myself included) feel is a massive waste of public funding designed to keep arms traders rich and war constantly on the menu for todays Nation States. Continue reading
Dear Sir,
I’m writing in response to your article entitled ‘School of English has “failed its students utterly”.’ As your reference to an earlier version of our Stage One Handbook indicates, the inclusion of the bibliography in the essay word limit has been long-standing practice in the School. However, there has been a failure of communication on our part, and I should like to apologise on behalf of the School to any student who has been occasioned anxiety on account of this. I would point out that, when Dr McGowan became aware of the potential for confusion on this issue, he immediately emailed students to make it clear that they would not be penalised if the bibliography took them over the word limit. I happen to know that a number of students emailed him to thank him for his prompt action.
Ed Larrissy
Head of the School of English Continue reading
Dear Sir,
I write in relation to the planned Public Sector strikes on Wednesday 30th November. I am the son of a hard-working and diligent public servant who also happens to be a shop steward. Continue reading
Dear Sir,
Today marks the end of an era with the closing of the Bookshop at Queen’s . This independent bookshop has nurtured the needs of students for over 53 years. This closure brings to an end the first-class advice and guidance given to students and the public. The Bookshop at Queen’s serviced all the needs of students and staff from every department in the University and it is a travesty that we have allowed this centre of learning to close as a result of ignorance by Sir Peter Gregson.
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This Saturday (20th August) marks the end of an era for one of Belfast’s most prestigious Bookshops. This is however not just a Bookshop; it is a centre of excellence, knowledge and intellect. The closure also marks a blow to the cultural heritage of our city, nevermind Northern Ireland. Continue reading
The Union wishes to briefly respond to the accusations of an apparent SU anti-Christian bias. The Students’ Union notes that it has only received a single complaint out of 24,000 student members regarding the flying of the rainbow flag. The Union also notes that it has received extensive support far outweighing the single complaint for the flying of the flag from very many SU societies and individual students. Continue reading
There is nothing quite like a prejudice to blind one to the facts. That thought occurred to me when I read the post on the Gown entitled “Homophobic assault at Pride”. Even the information as reported by Ben Finch would have alerted an impartial reader to the fact that there was more to Mr Kerr’s story than first met the eye. For example, Mr Kerr is reported to have said that the police wouldn’t allow him to make a formal complaint about the alleged assault. He also says that he had been removed from the march by its organisers.
BY SAMUEL MORRISON